Come along for a cuppa and a scone. Read the papers or learn a craft, hear from an interesting speaker, watch TV, read a book or just meet up and chat with friends. This club is to help with rising costs over the winter months by providing a hotspot with friendship, heat and something to […]
Together with the Public Health Agency (PHA) and the Age Friendly Network NI, Age NI has launched its healthy ageing calendar for 2023, which is being distributed to over 50,000 older people across Northern Ireland. The Age NI 2023 wellbeing calendar is packed with expert advice and information aimed at supporting older people to keep […]
A public consultation has been launched into the temporary suspension of emergency general surgery at the South West Acute Hospital. The consultation will run for 12 weeks and the outcome will be discussed at a board meeting in summer 2023. The surgery was suspended at the end of last year. The Western Health Trust said […]
The 23rd – 29th January is Cervical Cancer Prevention Week. Cervical cancer is most treatable when it is caught early so it is important to know the symptoms of cervical cancer and to attend for screening when called. Cervical screening aims to prevent cervical cancers by detecting early precancerous changes in the cells that line […]
It’s no coincidence that mental health issues and poverty go hand in hand, when you are financially challenged in almost every area of your life then this will impact on your mental health. We have heard this time and time again from every woman that we have spoken to throughout the last 5 years. It’s […]
The visibility of the Maternal Advocacy & Support Project ( Mas) helps to reduce stigma in maternal mental health. There has been a lack of statutory and community support services specific to maternal mental health in Northern Ireland. This is improving with the set up of perinatal mental health specialist teams for women experiencing a […]
How has it come to this? Women are in the fight of their lives right now just to survive because of the Cost of Living Crisis and it is hard work. People are desperate, we are seeing this day in and day out throughout the community sector, and its heart-breaking. We are witnessing this destruction […]
Siobhán continues to carry out engagement with a range of people and organisations on the Consortium’s research paper on ‘Women Living with Debt’. Since the research was published Siobhán has spoken about the findings, women’s experiences and recommendations at the following: Women Demand Better Rally in Belfast City Centre Listen to Her Voice Twitter Space […]
In October, the Northern Ireland Women’s Budget Group sent out letters to each MLA highlighting the disproportionate impact the cost of living crisis has had on women, inquiring about what they are doing on an individual level and party-wide level to address this crisis, and calling for immediate action. In the month that these letters […]
Following the Crushed by the Cost of Living event Siobhán and Karen from WSN have been working with Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick from Ulster University to arrange a Cost of Living Coffee Morning in Women’s Centre Derry on Tuesday 6th December 2022. Sinead Quinn from Derry Against Fuel Poverty, Ciara and Siobhán will be speaking briefly on the issues […]
